Cast: Emile Meyer
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Emile Meyer. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 36
Paths of Glory
1957 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Stanley Kubrick
Cast Kirk Douglas · George Macready · Adolphe Menjou · Ralph Meeker
Synopsis Paths of Glory (1957) is a gripping anti-war film directed by Stanley Kubrick. Set during World War I, it follows a French army colonel who is ordered to lead his exhausted troops in a near-suicidal mission to capture an enemy...
8.4
54K votes
8.4
54K votes
Shane
1953 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Direction George Stevens
Cast Alan Ladd · Jean Arthur · Van Heflin · Brandon De Wilde
Synopsis Shane (1953) follows the story of a mysterious gunslinger, Shane, who arrives in a small Wyoming valley and befriends a homesteader family, the Starretts. As tensions rise between the settlers and a ruthless cattle baron, Shane becomes an unlikely protector,...
7.7
11K votes
7.7
11K votes
Sweet Smell of Success
1957 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Alexander Mackendrick
Cast Burt Lancaster · Tony Curtis · Susan Harrison · Martin Milner
Synopsis A columnist (Burt Lancaster) and a press agent (Tony Curtis) tear into the maelstrom of midtown Manhattan's night creatures in a sinister game that involves money, power and ultimately survival.
7.6
4K votes
7.6
4K votes
The Man With the Golden Arm
1955 · Movie · 119 min. · United States
Direction Otto Preminger
Cast Frank Sinatra · Eleanor Parker · Kim Novak · Arnold Stang
Synopsis Frankie Machine is a skilled card dealer and one-time heroin addict. When he returns home from jail, he struggles to find a new livelihood and to avoid slipping back into addiction.
7.3
4K votes
7.3
4K votes
The Tall Men
1955 · Movie · 122 min. · United States
Direction Raoul Walsh
Cast Clark Gable · Jane Russell · Robert Ryan · Cameron Mitchell
Synopsis Ben Allison and his brother Clint journey to Montana in search of gold. They come upon wealthy businessman Nathan Stark who talks them into becoming partners with him on a cattle drive to Montana. As they travel to Texas, they...
7.2
1K votes
7.2
1K votes
Silver Lode
1954 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Allan Dwan
Cast John Payne · Lizabeth Scott · Dan Duryea · Dolores Moran
Synopsis Dan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of Silver Lode, has his wedding interrupted by four men led by Ned McCarthy, an old acquaintance who, as a US Marshal, arrests Ballard for the murder of his brother and...
7.0
724 votes
7.0
724 votes
The Lineup
1958 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Don Siegel
Cast Eli Wallach · Robert Keith · Richard Jaeckel · Mary LaRoche
Synopsis An international drug-smuggling racket plants heroin on unsuspecting American tourists traveling in Asia, so that the dope traffic can pass through customs undetected. Two psychopathic killers (Eli Wallach and Robert Keith) and their driver Richard Jaeckel then collect the contraband.
6.8
576 votes
6.8
576 votes
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Paul Wendkos
Cast Darren McGavin · Margaret Hayes · Warren Stevens · Peggy McCay
Synopsis When a reporter claims that New York police are on the take letting the mob run its horse parlors at will, a shocked District Attorney Michael Norris decide to do something about it. Not knowing who can be trusted on...
6.7
24 votes
6.7
24 votes
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Don Siegel
Cast Neville Brand · Emile Meyer · Frank Faylen · Leo Gordon
Synopsis Producer Walter Wanger, who had just been released from a prison term after shooting a man he believed was having an affair with his wife, wanted to make a film about the appalling conditions he saw while he was incarcerated....
6.7
341 votes
6.7
341 votes
The People Against O'Hara
1951 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction John Sturges
Cast Spencer Tracy · Pat O'Brien · Diana Lynn · John Hodiak
Synopsis James Curtayne (Spencer Tracy) has retired from law but he returns to defend John O'Hara (James Arness) on a murder charge. Curtayne's drinking and rustiness result in O'Hara's being found guilty, but Curtayne makes further efforts to prove him innocent.
6.6
294 votes
6.6
294 votes
Shield for Murder
1954 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Howard W. Koch · Edmond O'Brien
Cast Edmond O'Brien · Marla English · John Agar · Emile Meyer
Synopsis A vicious cop kills a bookie's runner and steals $25,000 from the corpse. He then frames everyone in sight in order to keep to the money to buy a model home for his would-be lounge singer girlfriend.
6.5
73 votes
6.5
73 votes
Baby Face Nelson
1957 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Don Siegel
Cast Mickey Rooney · Carolyn Jones · Cedric Hardwicke · Leo Gordon
Synopsis George "Babyface" Nelson becomes one of the most important gangsters of 1920s Chicago by making brutal robberies. In order to compete with Al Capone he allies himself with John Dillinger...
6.2
75 votes
6.2
75 votes
Man with the Gun
1955 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Richard Wilson
Cast Robert Mitchum · Jan Sterling · Karen Sharpe · Henry Hull
Synopsis A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own shadow, scared of a landowner they never see who rules through his...
6.1
338 votes
6.1
338 votes
The Big Night
1951 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Joseph Losey
Cast John Drew Barrymore · Preston Foster · Joan Lorring · Howard St. John
Synopsis George La Main, just turned 17, suffers growing pains and is anxious to prove his manhood. That night, George's adored father Andy is savagely beaten by sportswriter Al Judge. Traumatized and unable to learn why it happened, George goes gunning...
6.0
177 votes
6.0
177 votes
The Maverick Queen
1956 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Joseph Kane
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Barry Sullivan · Scott Brady · Mary Murphy
Synopsis A Pinkerton detective goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of thieves whose boss is a feisty lady saloonkeeper. Complications ensue.
5.7
111 votes
5.7
111 votes
Gun the Man Down
1956 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast James Arness · Angie Dickinson · Robert J. Wilke · Emile Meyer
Synopsis Three outlaw buddies rob a bank, but one of them is wounded. His two partners and his girlfriend take his share of the loot and run off, leaving him to be captured by the sheriff. Years later, after he gets...
5.6
84 votes
5.6
84 votes
Good Day for a Hanging
1959 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Nathan Juran
Cast Fred MacMurray · Margaret Hayes · Robert Vaughn · Joan Blackman
Synopsis As a youth, Eddie came into the town with his gang to rob the bank, but was caught and convicted. Marshal Ben helped him to become a honorable citizen.
5.5
84 votes
5.5
84 votes
White Feather
1955 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Robert D. Webb
Cast Robert Wagner · John Lund · Debra Paget · Jeffrey Hunter
Synopsis The story of the peace mission from the US cavalry to the Cheyenne Indians in Wyoming during the 1870s. The mission is threatened when one the officers falls for the chief's daughter.
5.5
177 votes
5.5
177 votes
Raw Edge
1956 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction John Sherwood
Cast Rory Calhoun · Yvonne De Carlo · Mara Corday · Neville Brand
Synopsis In the lawless Oregon country of 1842, local magnate Gerald Montgomery decrees that any unattached woman belongs to the first taker. Dan Kirby is lynched, starting a stampede to claim his half-Indian wife Paca. Trouble starts with the local tribe,...
5.2
103 votes
5.2
103 votes
A Time for Killing
1967 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson · Roger Corman
Cast Glenn Ford · Inger Stevens · Paul Petersen · Timothy Carey
Synopsis During the Civil War Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way they kill a Union courier who has a message that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the...
5.1
194 votes
5.1
194 votes